Hen&#39;s nest.



- PATBNTED AUG. 14 1906.

C. HKNUDSON. HENS NEST.

AP1 LIOATION FILED APR. 10, 1906 wimmm 2 2 4521 K f/fl PATENTED AUG. 14,1906.

C. E. KNUDSON.

HBNS' NEST. APPLIOATION FILED APR.10, 1906.

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W M Snu UNITED STATES PATENT ()FETQE.

No. sasyrei.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 14., 1906.

Application filed April 10, 1906- Serial No. 311,003.

Everest, in the county of Brown and State of have lnvented new anduseful Im- Kansas,

of which the folroveinents in Hens Nests, owing is a specification.

This invention relates object of the invention being to rovi sanitaryhens nest embodying a p urality of compartments for the hens whereby thehens are separately housed and prevented from interfering with eachother, the construction of the nest as a whole enabling the same to beeasily and quickly cleaned to maintain the same in a sanitary condition.

A further object of the invention is to construct the nest as a wholeout of sheet metal and to provide for using metal of very light gage bystiffening and bracing the same in a novel and efiective manner.

A further object of the invention is to provide for proper ventilationof the several compartments of the nest and for giving access to any orall of the compartments, also for locking the doors of the compartmentsin an expeditious and effective manner.

With the above and other objects in view, the nature of which will morefully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in thenovel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinaftermore fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of amultiplehens nest embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a rearelevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertieal longitudinal sectionthereof. Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-section taken in line with one ofthe port-holes. Fig. 5 is a similar view taken in line with one of thekeyhole-slots.

The hens nest contemplated in this invention is constructed of sheetmetal throughout and embodies the topll, bottom 2, the front rail. orstrip 3, and t e back rail or hangerstrip 4, also the ends 5 and thepartitions 6, all of said parts as well as the several doors 7 beingmade of sheet metal of light gage and bein reinforced or stiffened inthe manner hereinafter particularly described.

The nest as a whole is divided into a plurality of compartments 8,eachof the proper size to contain a hen, the said compartments beingdivided off and entirely separated from each other by means of theintervening partitions 6. Each partition is provided to hens nests, the'de a along its top and bottom edges with projecting prongs 9, which areinserted through corresponding openings in the top and bottom of thecoop and then bent over'and clenched against the outer sides of the topand bottom, as best shown in Fig. 1, thereby tying the top and bottom ofthe nest together. The ends 5 are secured to the top and bottom in thesame manner, and, if desired, the extremities of the top and bottom 1may be bent, as shown at 10, to form flanges which extend outside oftain the ends in place.

The back hanger strip or flange 4, which is integral with the top 1,extends the entire length of the multiple nest and is preferably securedby the same means which hold the top and bottom to the partitions, or,in other words, by means of prongs 10, extending from the partitionsthrough openings in the strip 4, behind which shown in Fig. 3. The stripor flange 4 is provided at suitable intervals with keyhole-slots 11,adapting the nest as a whole to be hung upon nails or screws or likefasteners attached to a wall or vertical support 12, as shown in Fig. 5,the larger portions of the slots 11 enabling the hanger-strip 4 to bepassed over the heads of the fasteners and then slid downward, as shownin Fig. 5,

the ends 5 and securely re-" they are clenched, as

which prevents the nest as a whole from be- 7 coming unhooked in amanner readily under stood. The an inturned stiffening-flange The frontflange or strip 3 hanger-strip 4 is provided with 4'. extends the entire length of the nest and is secured to the ends 5 and partitions 6 inthe same manner as the top and bottom 1 and 2 and the h angerstrip 4.The strip or flange 3 extends only part way the height of the front ofthe nest and is provided with an inturned flange 13 along its upper edgewhich acts to reinforce or strengthen the same.

turned up to form a reinforcing or stiffening flange 14,

For a like purpose the forward edge of the top 1 is while theextremities of the strips 3 and 4.-

may be bent inward to form retaining-flanges 15 for the ends, theflanges 10 and 15 also serving to stiffen and reinforce the portions ofthe nest ofwhich they form parts.

The partitions 6 and also the ends 5 are extended at the front to formprojecting jambs 16, and between said jambs are mounted doors 17. Eachdoor has its top and bottom edges bent outward to form stiffeningflanges18, and the side edges thereof are bent outward to form braces 19, whichalso constitute stiffening-flanges for the door. their inner lowercorners the braces 19 are pivotally connected at 20 to the projectingjambs 16, thus providing a hinged connection for each door.

Each door is provided with a ort-hole 21 and is further provided arounsaid porthole with an annular reinforcing rib or corrugation 22, whichmaterially stifiens and reinforces the door. When the doors are swungoutward or thrown open, as shown at Figs. 1 and 5, the braces 19 bear aainst the front rail or strip 3 and hold the doors in a horizontalposition, thus forming a projecting table or leaf. The port-holes 21allow the hens to stick their heads out through the doors to obtain asupply of fresh air in hot Weather.

Lock-pins 23 are removably fitted in holes in the to of the nest, thelower ends of which extend ownward in front of the doors and hold thesame closed. To open the doors, these pins 23 are removed.

In order to clean the nest, the latter may be u'nhooked from thefasteners which secure the same to the wall or other support and placedupon the ground with the back ofthe nest downward, and on account of theback of the coop being open the straw or ha or other material containedin the nest will be allowed to escape. The coop may also be easilyflushed with water and thoroughly cleansed, and bein composed of sheetmetal throughout it will prevent vermin from breeding in or about thecompartments of the nest. 4

I claim- 1. A nest for the purpose described composed of sheet metalthroughout and embodying continuous top and bottom sections, end pieces,and partitions dividing the nest as a whole into com artments, the topand bottom sections eacli having a flange, one extending partially overthe front and the other flange extending partially over the back of thenest and acting to brace the structure.

2. A nest for the purpose described, comprising continuous top andbottom sheet- I Atv fsagnsi which serve to sup ort them in a substantially horizontal position when open.

3. A sheet-metal nestfor the purpose de scribed comprising continuoustop and bot tom sections, end pieces'and partitions di vi'ding the-nestinto a plurality of compartments, the artitionshavingforwardlyrprojecting jam s, a front section or strip extendingthefull' length of the nest across the bottom portions of thecompartments, and.

doors operating between the jambs. an'dpivotally connected a'their'bottom e'd es to the jambs, substan tially as described.

4. 'A sheet-metal nest for the purpose described embodyingcontinuous'top and bottom sections, end ing the nests into a pluralityof compartments, hinged doors arranged at the front of the nest, and ahanger-strip extending lengthwise of'the upper ortion of the back of'thenest and provided with'keyhole-slots, substantiall as'and for thepurpose described. 3

5. 'A sheet-metal nest for the purpose described comprisingcontinuous'top and bottom sections, end pieces and partitionsdividing'the nest into a, plurality of compartments, a front stripextending the full length .of the nest alon the bottoms of thecompartments, hinged oors closing thefronts of the compartments, anda'han er-strip extending lengthwise of the back of% upper portions ofthe compartments, the

rojecting j acent to pieces and partitions divid he nest across thecompartments'being otherwise open at the back, substantial liyl asdescribed.

In testimony w p in presence of two witnesses. CHARLES KNUDSON.Witnesses:

' 'EsTELLA BLACK,

T 0. 'HoUNnLL.

ereofI aflix my signature

